Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-16 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > boot cd:,\install\powermac\yaboot > well that works -> the installer gets loaded, thought it still doesn't > recognize > my hard disc :/ You can probably switch to a console shell and read the "blabla" again with dmesg. I don't know which kernel version exactly is used on those CDs, and how

Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-16 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
> > > > Would you try the below step? If it works for you, then we can make it > > > > a general purpose solution for the CDs. Edit the ofboot.b file you put > > > > on your disk partition with a text editor. Where it says > > > > > > > > MacRISC > > > > > > > > make it read > > > > > > > > MacRISC

Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-16 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 02:40:43PM +0100, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > Am Son, den 16.11.2003 schrieb Bob Hentges um 11:57: > > On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:18 AM, Chris Tillman wrote: > > >>> Try copying the ofboot.b file from the CD's install/powermac folder > > >>> onto your hard drive partition. Then in

Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-16 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Am Son, den 16.11.2003 schrieb Bob Hentges um 11:57: > On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:18 AM, Chris Tillman wrote: > > >> On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote: > >> > >>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: > Howdy all, > I took the decision little more than a

Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-16 Thread Bob Hentges
On Nov 16, 2003, at 4:18 AM, Chris Tillman wrote: On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: Howdy all, I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on my iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at

Re: Fwd: Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-15 Thread Chris Tillman
> On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote: > > >On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: > >>Howdy all, > >>I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on > >>my > >>iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the > >>debian i

Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-15 Thread Bob Hentges
On Nov 15, 2003, at 9:17 PM, Chris Tillman wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: Howdy all, I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on my iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the debian installer works on x86

Re: Debian on an iMac 17''

2003-11-15 Thread Chris Tillman
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:10:03PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: > Howdy all, > I took the decision little more than a week ago to install Debian on my > iMac 17''. Now with the good feeling to know at least a bit how the > debian installer works on x86 architectures ( as I have done already > so

Re: Debian on an iMac

2003-03-19 Thread Michael Shields
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeffrey Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Flat Panel - I can't remember, but I think I read about a similar hole > somewhere (presumably near the CD tray). No; the flat panel iMac is the first not to have a paper clip hole. -- Shields.

Re: Debian on an iMac

2003-03-18 Thread Chris Tillman
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 06:48:15PM -0500, Jeffrey Matt wrote: > On 2003.03.18 16:02 Ashesh Datta wrote: > >I am rank beginner (albeit a 70 year old pensioner), ignorant of > >Unix, and > >my first brush with Linux - as well as Unix - has been to try to > >install > >Debian in iMac from a set of 7